Research Report : Current Events Written Portion
Teacher Name: Catherine Hall
Student Name:     ________________________________________
CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Quality of Information	Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples.	Information clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples.	Information clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or examples are given.	Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic.
Organization	Information is very organized with well-constructed paragraphs and subheadings.	Information is organized with well-constructed paragraphs.	Information is organized, but paragraphs are not well-constructed.	The information appears to be disorganized. 8)
Mechanics	No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors	A few grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors.	Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.
Sources	All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented in the desired format. More than five sources have been used.	All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but a few are not in the desired format. Five sources have been used.	All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but many are not in the desired format. Only three sources have been used.	Some sources are not accurately documented. Less than two sources have been used.
Point of View	Two or more points of view, in addition to the student's, are presented, along with general facts about the topic.	Two points of view are presented, along with the student's, as well as the general facts of the topic.	Only one point of view is presented, along with the student's. Very few facts about the topic are presented.	No opinion other than the student's is presented. No facts about the topic are presented.
Overall Effectiveness	The blog is well written with examples, pictures, and hyperlinks to illustrate the student's point.	The blog is well written with few examples, pictures, and hyperlinks to illustrate the student's point.	The blog is not as well written as it could be, but there are examples, pictures, and hyperlinks to illustrate the student's point.	The blog is poorly written with no examples, pictures, or hyperlinks to illustrate the student's point.
Date Created: Mar 11, 2008 03:34 pm (CDT)		Rubric modified from rubistar by Catherine Hall